Positive aging: New images for a new age

Ageing International

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-23

  Gergen, Mary M ^a   Gergen, Kenneth J ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84937338249     PISSN: 01635158     EISSN: 1936606X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12126-001-1013-6     Document Type: Article

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